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HomeMy WebLinkAbout91-028 I I I RESOIJUTION NO. 91-28 RESOLUTION ORDERING THE SAJc..E OF $1,187,000 AGGREGATE PRINCIPAL AMOUNT OF 'TOPOCK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 12 OF MORAVE COUNTY, ARI:ZONA, SCHOOL IMPHOVEMENT BONDS, PROJECT OF 1990. WHEREAS, a request has been received from the Governing Board of Topock Element.ary School District No. 12 of Mohave County, Arizona (the "District"), requesting the Board of Supervisors to order thE! sale of bonds of the District in the aggregate principal amount of $1,187,000 authorized at an election held within the District on November 6, 1990: BE IT RESOLVED BY THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS OF MOHAVE COUNTY, ARIZONA, AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. The Board of Supervisors hereby orders the sale of Topock E:lementary School District No. 12 of Mohave County, Arizona, School Improvement Bonds, Project of 1990 (the "Bonds"), in the aggregate principal amount of $1,187,000. The Bonds are to be sold by inviting proposals to be received on February 4, 1991. Section 2. The Clerk is hereby directed to cause a Notice Inviting Proposals for the Purchase of Bonds to be executed and transmitted to Rauscher Pierce Refsnes, Inc., financial consultant to the District, to be included in an offering statement and circulated so as to be made known to pot.ential bidders for the Bonds. Such Notice shall be in substantially the form attached hereto, with such additions, deletions and variations as shall be deemed advisable. The Dist.rict' s f inanc ial consultant is Ol~dered Clnd directed to compose and circulate such offering statement on behalf of the District. PASSED AND ADOPTED on January 7, 1991. MORAVE COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS --r.. /1 ~~ /~-r / ~./.A v.~ /~:-o Y /J Lois ,J. Hublifardf Chairman sds00076d BMC:jmd 120390.1 I NOTICE INVITING PROPOSALS FOR THE PURCHASE OF BONDS NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that sealed, unconditional proposals will be received to and including the hour of 11:00 a.m., Mountain Standard Time, on February 4, 1991, at the Office of the Clerk of the Board of Supervisors of Mohave County at Kingman, Arizona. At such time the Board of Supervisors of Mohave County will meet for the purpose of considering bids received and, if an acceptable bid is received, said Board shall award the contract for the purchase of all, but not less than all, of $1,187,000 in aggregate principal amount of Topock Elementary School District No. 12 of Mohave County, Arizona (the "District"), School Improvement Bonds, project of 1990 (the "Bonds"). The Bonds will be dated March 1, 1991, upon initial issu- ance, and bear interest from the date of the Bonds to the maturity of each of the Bonds at a rate or rates per annum of not to exceed twelve and one-half percent (12-l/2%). Interest on the Bonds shall be payable on January 1, 1992, and semiannually thereafter on each succeeding July 1 and January 1 during the term of each of the Bonds. The Bonds shall mature on July 1 in the years 1992 to 2009, inclusive, as follows: I Maturity Date Principal Maturity Date Principal (July 1) Amoun t (July 1) Amount 1992 $ 12,,000 2001 $ 65,000 1993 60,,000 2002 70,000 1994 35,,000 2003 75,000 1995 40,000 2004 80,000 1996 45,,000 2005 85,000 1997 45,,000 2006 90,000 1998 50,,000 2007 100,000 1999 55,,000 2008 105,000 2000 60,,000 2009 115,000 OPTIONAL REDEMPTION: Bonds matur ing on or be!fore July 1, 2001, are not subject to call for redemption prior to maturity. Bonds maturing on or after July 1, 2002, are subject to call for redemption prior to maturity, in whole or in part on July 1, 2001, or any interest payment date thereafter by payment of a redemption price equal to the principal amount of each Bond called for redemption plus accrued interest to the date fixed for redemption and without a premium. I NOTICE OF REDE~~PTION: Notice of redemption of any Bond will be mailed not more than sixty (60) nor less than thirty (30) days prior to the date set for redemption to the registered owner of the Bond or Bonds being redeemed at the I address shown on the bond register maintained by the registrar. Failure to properly give notice of redemption shall not affect the redemption of any Bond for which notice was properly given. PURPOSE: The Bonds are being issued for the purpose of making school improvements in the District. FORM AND DENOMINATIONS: The Bonds will be issued only in registered form ~s to bcith principal and interest, in the denomination of $1,000 or integral multiples thereof. The initial purchaser must accept one fully registered Bond for all amounts in each maturity for which names and addresses of the initial retail owners of the Bonds were not provided to the registrar at least seven (7) days prior to closing. I REGISTRATION AND TRANSFER: The Bonds will be transferable only upon the bond register maintained by the registrar upon surrender to the registrar of the Bond or Bonds to be transferred together with an appropriate instrument of transfer executed by the transferor. The registrar initially will be The Valley National Bank of Arizona. The registrar may be changed by the District without notice to the Bondholders. All costs pertaining to transfer of ownershipl except transfer taxes, if any, will be borne by the transfeor. PAYMENT OF BONDS: Interest on the Bonds shall be payable by check drawn upon the paying agent and mailed on or prior to the interest payment date to the registered owners of such Bonds at the addresses of such owners as they appear on the books of the registrar on the fifteenth day of the month preceding the date such interest comes due. Principal of and premium, if any, with respect to the Bonds shall be paid when due upon surrender of such Bonds at the principal office of the paying agent. SECURITY: Principal of and interest on the Bonds are payable from an ad valorem tax levied against all of the taxable property in the District. The Bonds being issued are payable from such a tax without limit of rate or amount. I INTEREST RATES: Bids for the purchase of the Bonds must state the rate or rates of interest to be paid. No bid at a price less than the par value of the Bonds, together with all accrued interest thereon at the date of delivery of the Bonds, will be considered. All Bonds of the same maturity must bear the same rate of interest. The highest rate bid shall not exceed the lowest rate bid by -2- I more than two percent (2%) per annum. Interest will be calculated on the basis of a year comprised of 360 days consisting of twelve (12) months of thirty (3D) days each. Any interest rate bid which would result in an interest payment amount having l:ractional cents will be deemed a waiver of the right to payment of such fractional cents. No fractional cents will be paid or accumulated for payment on any Bond. I FORM OF BID AND BID CHECK: A prescribed form of bid for the Bonds will be prepared and all bids must be submitted on that form. All bids must be accompanied by a certified or cashier's check in a sum equal to two percent (2%) of the par value of the Bonds, drawn on a bank doing business in the State of Arizona, payable to the order of the County Treasurer. No interest will be paid on the check of any bidder. The check of the successful bidder will be applied to the purchase price of the Bonds or retained and forfeited as liquidated damages in the event such bidder does not take up and pay for the! Bonds immediately upon their issuance. All checks of the unsuccessful bidders will be returned upon the award of the Bonds to the successful bidder. CUSIP NUMBERS: It is anticipated that CUSIP numbers will be placeelon the Bonds, but nei ther failure to print such numbers on any Bond nor any error with respect thereto shall constitute cause for a failure or refusal by the purchaser thereof to accept delivery of and pay for the Bonds in accordance with the terms of the sale. No CUSIP numbers shall be deemed to be a part of any Bond or of the contract evidenced thereby. RIGHT OF REJECTION: The Board of Supervisors reserves the right in i t:3 discre.tion to reject any and all bids received and to waive any irregularity or informality in the bids, except that the time for receiving bids shall be of the essence. COST OF BOND FORMS: 'Jlhe Distr ict will bear the cost of the printing of i:he Bonds and will furnish fully executed Bonds, registered in the name of the purchaser or nominees, to the purchaser upon payment therefor. I AWARD AND DELIVERY: Unless all bids are reje!cted, the Bonds will be awardee:! to the bidder whose proposal results in the lowest net interest cost to the District. The net interest cost will be determined by computing the aggregate amount of interest payable on the Bonds from their date to their respective maturities. Delivery of the Bonds -3- I will be made to the purchaser upon payment in Federal or other immediately available funds at the offices of Gust, Rosenfeld & Henderson, Phoenix, Arizona, or, at the purchaser's request and expense, at any other place mutually agreeable to the District and the purchaser. CANCELLATION: Bidders are to take notice that, pursuant to Arizona law, if, within three (3) years from the award of the contract to purchase the Bonds, any person who was significantly involved in initiating, negotiating, securing, drafting or creating the contract for the purchase of the Bonds on behalf of the District becomes an employee or agent of the winning bidder in any capacity or a consul- tant to the winning bidder with respect to the contract for the purchase of the Bonds, the District may cancel the contract without penalty or further obligation by the District. In addition to such cancellation, the District may recoup any fees or commissions paid or due to ANY PERSON WHO WAS SIGNIFICANTLY INVOLVED IN INITIATING, NEGOTIATING, SECURING, DRAFTING OR CREATING ,]~HE CONTRACT FOR THE PURCHASE OF THE BONDS ON BEHAL:P O:P THE DISTRICT. I LEGAL OPINION: The Bonds are sold with the understanding that the District will furnish the purchaser with the approving opinion of Gust, Rosenfeld & Henderson of Phoenix, Arizona. An undated copy of such opinion will be printed on the reverse side of each Bond. Said attorneys have been retained by the District as Bond Counsel and in such capacity are to render their opinion only upon the legality of the Bonds under Arizona law and on the exemption of the interest income cn such Bonds from Federal and State of Arizona income taxes (see "Tax-Exempt Status" below). Fees of Bond Counsel will be paid from Bond proceeds. TAX-EXEMPT STA~US: The opinion of Bond Counsel will state in part: I Under existing laws, regulations, rulings and judicial decisions, the interest income on the Bonds is excluded from gross income for the purpose of calculating federal income taxes and is exempt from Arizona income taxes. Interest income on the Bonds is not an item of preference to be included in the alternative minimum tax of indi- viduals or corporations: such interest income must, however, be taken into account for federal income tax purposes as an adjustment to alter- native minimum taxable income for certain corpora- tions which income is subject to federal alterna- tive minimum tax. The Bonds are not private activity bonds within the meaning of Section 141 -4- I of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the "Code"). We express no opinion regarding other federal tax consequences arising with respect to the Bonds. I The Code imposes various restrictions, condi- tions and requirements relating to the continued exclusion of interest income on the Bonds from gross income for federal income tax purposes, including a requirement that the District rebate to the federal government certain of the invest- ment earnings with respect to the Bonds. Failure to comply with such restrictions, conditions and requirements could cause the Bonds to be "arbitrage bonds" within the meaning of the Code or otherwise result in the interest income on the Bonds being included as gross income for federal income tax purposes from their date of issuance. The District has covenanted to comply with the restrictions, conditions and requirements of the Code necessary to preserve the tax-exempt status of the Bonds. For purposes of this opinion we have assumed continuing compliance by the District with such restrictions, conditions and requirements. Should changes in the law cause Bond Counsel's opinion to change prior to delivery of the Bonds to the purchaser, the purchaser will not be obligated to pick up and pay for the Bonds, and the bid check will be returned. QUALIFIED TAX-EXEMPT OBLIGATIONS: The District has desi9nated the Bonds-as "qualified tax-exempt obliga- tions" for purposes of Section 265(b)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the "Code"). The District has certified that it reasonably anticipates that the aggregate amount of qualified tax-exempt obligations (as defined in Section 265(b)(3)(B) of the Code) which will be issued for or by the District in calendar year 1991 will not exceed $10,000,000. I INFORMATION FROM PURCHASER: The winning bidder will be required to furnIsh to the District a certificate in a form acceptable to Bond Counsel stating that a bona fide public offering of the Bonds has been made and setting forth the offering prices at which a substantial amount of the Bonds of each maturity have been sold to the public (excluding bond houses, brokers and other intermediaries). -5- I I I . . OFFERING ST1\TEI>1ENT DEEMED FINAL, PREPARATION OF FINAL OFFICIAL STATEMENT:: The Distr ict deems the OfferTng Statement provided in connection with the sale of the Bonds to be final as of its date except for the omission of offering prices, selling compensation, delivery dates, terms to be specified in the winning bidder's proposal, ratings, other terms depending on such matters and the identity of the winning bidder. The winning bidder must provide the District, within twenty-four hours after the award of the Bonds, with all necessary offerin9 price information, selling compensa- tion information, all other terms of the sale which are depending on such matters and any underwriter information, all as may be necessary to complete the final Official Statement. Promptly after receiving the necessary information from the winning bidder, the District will prepare a final Official Statement in substantially the same form as the Offering Statement with such additions, deletions or revisions as the District deems necessary. NO LITIGATION .1~ND NON-ARBITRAGE: The Distr ict will deliver a certificaie to the effect that no litigation is pending affecting the issuance and sale of the Bonds. The District will also deliver an arbitrage certificate covering its reasonable expectations concerning the Bonds. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: Copies of this Notice and the offering statement r~lating to the Bonds will be fur- nished to any bidder upon request made to the Clerk of the Board of Supervisors of :~{ohave County, Ar izona; or to Rauscher Pierce Refsnes, Inc., 1900 One Renaissance Square, Two North Central Avenue, Phoenix, Arizona 85004-2386; telephone (602) 257-7770; Financial Consultants to the Dis- trict. Within seven business days of the award of the Bonds, twenty-five (25) extra copies of the final Official Statement will be made available to the purchaser without charge and additional copies will be available upon request at the purchaser's expense. DATED: January 7, 1991. Clerk, Board of Supervisors of Mohave County, Arizona -6-